Lesson Plans about Politics

The following lesson plans feature poems and activities related to politics, America, the election process, and important national issues.

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Teach This Poem: “Exquisite Candidate” by Denise Duhamel

Teach This Poem: “Election Day, November, 1884” by Walt Whitman

Incredible Bridges: “Every Day We Get More Illegal” by Juan Felipe Herrera

Incredible Bridges: “from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing]” by Claudia Rankine

Teach This Poem: “Imagine” by Kamilah Aisha Moon

Teach This Poem: "Old South Meeting House" by January Gill O'Neil

Teach This Poem: “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus

We Sing America

Incredible Bridges: “Praise Song for the Day” by Elizabeth Alexander